consultancy
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Definition
Noun: 1. The practice of giving expert advice within a particular field: A professional service where specialized knowledge and guidance are provided to clients. 2. A business or firm that provides expert advice: An organization comprised of experts who offer their advisory services.
Usage Examples
- As a professional practice:
- She has years of experience in financial consultancy.
- His area of consultancy is environmental policy.
- As a business or firm:
- The company hired a marketing consultancy to improve its brand image.
- He works for a large IT consultancy.
Advanced Usage
- "to be in consultancy": To work in the field of providing expert advice.
- After leaving the government, she went into consultancy.
- "on a consultancy basis": Working under a temporary contract to provide expert advice, rather than as a permanent employee.
- He was brought in on a consultancy basis to review the project's feasibility.
Variants and Related Words
- Consultant (n): An individual who provides expert advice professionally.
- We need to hire a consultant to solve this problem.
- Consult (v): To seek information or advice from someone with expertise.
- You should consult a lawyer before signing the contract.
- Consultative (adj): Having the purpose of giving advice or involving consultation.
- The committee has a purely consultative role.
Synonyms
- Advisory service: A service that offers guidance and recommendations.
- Counseling: The provision of professional guidance (often used in psychological or personal contexts, but can overlap in a professional advisory sense).
Phrases and Collocations
- Management consultancy: A firm or practice specializing in advice on business management.
- A top-tier management consultancy analyzed our corporate structure.
- Consultancy fee: The charge for professional advisory services.
- The consultancy fees were higher than we had budgeted for.
- Consultancy firm / Consultancy company: A business that provides consultancy services.
- She founded her own consultancy firm last year.
Noun
- the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
- a business management consultancy